Prologue (December 1997)

ad Biker shaded his eyes, and looked around. The bright sand stones of Trinsic reflected the burning sun beams back into his face. He had just come to life in a town named Trinsic, which he had chosen as his home town. A friend had reocmmended him to start here, so they could meet and explore together. Not exactly knowing what he should do, Mad Biker looked around and examined buildings and passing peasants. Someone had told him that the most important thing was, to get a weapon and start to train one's skills. But where should he go? He chose the road to the south, and strolled past the high protection walls of Trinsic. He soon reached a building in front of which the street was rather crowded. Someone dropped an axe on the floor. Mad Biker quickly picked it up, happy to get a powerful weapon for free. Time to try his first steps outside the town!

Equipped with a tailoring set and his new weapon, he tried to find the city gate which would lead into the unknown wilderness. After searching for quite some time (this town was really big!), he finally passed a doorway and crossed a small stone bridge by the southern walls of Trinsic. A voice warned him that he just had left the protection of Lord British's guards. Mad Biker didn't worry much about that. Now he just had to find some animals to train fighting and tailoring. But what beast should he start with?

Carefully Mad Biker sneaked through the woods, the vision of evil monsters and murderers in his mind. He had heard a lot of stories about the dangers in the wilderness, and his heart was bumping with every sound he heard and every animal he saw. Finally he tracked down a dog and decided that this would be the right creature to try his new battle axe on. He was surprised and shocked that he missed with almost every swing while the dog barked and bit him, almost killing the unexperienced adventurer. While he was running away, Mad Biker thought that all this was more difficult than he had expected. He would need some counseling about how to proceed faster.

He continued to look for smaller creatures and even managed to kill chicken and rabbits. On his campfire he roasted the delicious meat, beginning to enjoy these adventures. With improving skill, he even was able to gather some hides from hinds, which he tried his tailoring skill on.

Thanks to the advise of a friend, Mad Biker soon was wearing some simple armor, and his swordsmanship skill allowed him even to kill bigger deer. Slowly but steadily he was improving. He was getting more and more curious about this strange world of Britannia. One day, he left the western city gates of Trinsic to explore the dense woods for the first time. His fist clenched around the hilt of his axe, as he left the safe walls of Trinsic behind.

After sneaking westward for a while, his heart was in his mouth. Would he ever find the way back to the town? When he reached some mountain side, he suddenly froze. He heard a crackling sound. He looked around. THERE! A skeleton came walking towards him, obviously attacking him. Terrified and stricken with fear, Mad Biker turned around and ran for his life. He ran and ran and ran, until he had reached the gate of Trinsic. The skeleton was gone. But his thirst for adventure had awakened and soon should make him pack up his belongings and leave the save town for a long hike...

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